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Describe the case of Marbury V. Madison. What power did this case give to the supreme court? Why is this power so important?

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Marbury v. Madison: A case that concerned a section of the Judiciary Act of 1789

The power that is so important that the Supreme Court gave, was the power to declare an act of Congress "
unconstitutional"


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